The Guemes Island Ferry will be out of service for repairs four days next week, Monday through Thursday.

The National Climate Assessment has some predictions for the Pacific Northwest: Changes in the timing of streamflow reduce water supplies for competing demands. Sea level rise, erosion, inundation, risks to infrastructure, and increasing ocean acidity post major threats.

Next Saturday will provide an opportunity for small boat enthusiasts to gather at the Pull and Be Damned-Small Boat Messabout at Seafarer’s Park.

The 2013-2014 winner of the Walter A. Brodniak Cultural Education Award, Candice Vitale, will be honored this Thursday by the School District.

A woman who left her purse in a store’s shopping cart recovered it thanks to technology which triangulated on her cell phone in her purse.

Skagit State Bank customers began experiencing automated calls advising them that there debit cards had been inactivated. Now, several other local banks have also reported the same scam calls are being received by their customers as well.